318: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending


1 Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
God appears on earth to reign.

2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced, and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain,
Heav'n and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment! Come to judgment!
Come to judgment, come away!

4 Now Redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear!
All his saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
See the day of God appear!

5 Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the pow'r and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own:
O come quickly, O come quickly:
Alleluia! come, Lord, come.

Text information
First Line:Lo! he comes with clouds descending
Title:Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
Author (stanzas 1-2, 5):Charles Wesley (1758)
Author (st. 3-4):John Cennick (1752)
Alterer:Martin Madan (1760)
Meter:8.7.8.7.8.7.
Scripture:Revelation 1:7
Topic:Christ | Kingly Office of; Christians | Triumph of; Resurrection of Believers; Resurrection of All; Jesus Christ | His Second Coming and Judgment
Language:English
Tune information
Tune name:HOLYWOOD
Composer:John Francis Wade (1751)
Meter:8.7.8.7.8.7.
Key:D Major
Source:Cantus Diversi, 1751

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